Spring Breakers can now head to Palo Pinto Mountains State Park, North Texas's first new park in 25 years, featuring 16 miles of trails and beautiful landscapes just 75 miles from Dallas.

This article originally published at Texas officially opens North Texas' first new state park in 24 years.

The park is home to the official Texas State Bison Herd. These massive animals roam freely across the grasslands. Seeing a bison up close is like meeting a celebrity, except this celebrity weighs ...

It has been 18 years since Texas debuted a new state park —Resaca de la Palma in Brownsville in 2008—and more than two decades since North Texas saw one open, when Lake Tawakoni State Park welcomed ...

TPWD officials will open the gates of Palo Pinto Mountains State Park on March 1 ahead of a formal grand opening later this spring.

The park is made up of 4,871 acres of former ranch land, and offers visitors the opportunity to hike, bike, fish, and explore ...

Work continues at Palo Pinto Mountains State Park, including construction of a fishing pier as pictured on May 21 in Strawn.

For the first time in more than 25 years, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has opened a new state park in North Texas. Palo Pinto Mountains State Park, located between Abilene and the ...

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Efforts to help control over-visitation at some of the nation’s most popular national parks will not happen this summer, ...

Three of America’s most popular national parks will be easier to visit this summer. “We’re expanding access where conditions allow and using targeted tools only where necessary to protect visitor ...